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Japanese rock band Glay will hold three dome concerts in Tokyo and Osaka to celebrate 30th anniversary, titled "Glay 30th Anniversary Glay Expo 2024-2025 Grand Finale," from May 31 to June 8. Their official website has revealed a memorial illustration to celebrate the grand finale newly drawn by animator/manga artist Yoshiyuki Sadamoto . Sadamoto is best known for his character design works for the Evangelion anime series and Mamoru Hosoda's anime films such as The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) and Summer Wars (2009). The relationship between the two began when Glay provided the opening theme song "Kaishin no Ichigeki" for the 2024 TV anime Grendizer U , for which Sadamoto designed the characters, and this illustration is a special collaboration between the world of Grendizer U and Glay. At the venues of the dome concerts, if you purchase either one of the two titles "Drive 1993-2009 - Glay complete Best" or "Drive 2010-2026 - Glay complete Best,...

With less than a month and a half remaining until the next annual New Year's Eve broadcast, the official website for Nhk's Kohaku Uta Gassen today unveiled the 41 artists who will form the long-running music show's 75th lineup. The accompanying number below indicates each artist's total selections for the program. Ten artists, three on Red Team (consisting of female artists) and seven on White Team (consisting of male artists), will be making their first appearance this year. Red Team aiko (15) Aimyon (6) Illit (Debut) Sayuri Ishikawa (47) Iruka (2) Hy (3) Fuyumi Sakamoto (36) Sakurazaka46 (4) Ringo Sheena (9) Superfly (8) Mariko Takahashi (6) tuki. (Debut) Yoshimi Tendo (28) Twice (5) Nogizaka46 (10) Me:i (Debut) Misia (9) Kaori Mizumori (22) Ryokuoushoku Shakai (3) Le Sserafim (3) White Team Omoinotake (Debut) Creepy Nuts (Debut) Glay (4) Hiromi Go (37) Kocchi no Kento (Debut) The Alfee (2) JO1 (3) Junretsu (7) Da-iCE (Debut) Tomorrow X Together (Debut) Number_i (Debut) Leon Niihama (Debut) Vaundy (2) Be:first (3) Masaharu Fukuyama (17) Fujii Kaze (3) Gen Hoshino (10) Mrs. Green Apple...

Grendizer U , the new version of Go Nagai's classic giant robot series, has just released a new trailer packed with moments that will get any mecha fan's blood pumping. Set to the show's opening theme, "Kaishin no Ichigeki" by Glay, the new trailer features battles both on Earth and in space, as well as familiar sights like Mazinger Z rising from its launch pad: Related: Grendizer U Anime Reboot Unveils Four Updated Mechanical Designs Along with this new trailer come four new cast members, all playing staff members at the Photon Lab: Hayashi voiced by Shinya Takahashi (Kouki Mimura in Assassination Classroom ) Yamada voiced by Riho Sugiyama (Yoko Araki in Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture ) Saeki voiced by Hinonori Kondo (Clamp in Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin ) Oi voiced by Sora Tokui (Nico Yazawa in Love Live! School Idol Project ) Related: Grendizer U Anime Reboot Recruits New Cast and Crew,...